Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than t… - T. S. Eliot

Teach us to care and not to care

Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Long ago I studied the ancient Indian languages, and while I was chiefly interested at that time in philosophy, I read a little poetry too; and I know that my own poetry shows the influence of Indian thought and sensibility.

And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.